Posted by Kemberlee Kaye ▪ Monday, November 27, 2017 at 6:00pm11/27/2017 at 6:00pm

ESPN’s troubles are far from over. The left-leaning sports network is reportedly planning yet another round of layoffs and will cut $80 million in salaries from the budget. This makes the third round of substantial layoffs in the last two years.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers ▪ Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 2:30pm11/25/2017 at 2:30pm

New Zealand has named transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to
participate in the Commonwealth Games. As Gavin, Hubbard was
a national junior record holder in the male 105kg class. As
Laurel, Hubbard will compete in the female 90kg-plus division.

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 1:00pm11/22/2017 at 1:00pm

Last February, I
blogged about the sexual abuse allegations against former U.S.
Olympic Gymnastics and Michigan State University physician Larry
Nassar. The allegations came up in September 2016 and by November
the number of women grew to 50. The number is now over 140.

In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Michales said he believed the kneeling controversy was simmering
down until Trump weighed in, “once the president made those remarks
in Alabama, at that particular point...

Posted by Mike LaChance ▪ Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:30am11/16/2017 at 8:30am

Three young men who play basketball for UCLA were on a team visit to China earlier this month when they were arrested for shoplifting. President Trump happened to be landing in China at the same time and intervened on their behalf.

Posted by Mike LaChance ▪ Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 7:00am11/15/2017 at 7:00am

Papa John’s, the pizza restaurant chain headquartered in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, has been on a mostly bad publicity roller coaster for several weeks. The company’s founder and CEO John Schnatter spoke out against the national anthem protests at NFL games, claiming they were hurting the company’s bottom line.

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10:00am11/14/2017 at 10:00am

The magazine GQ has
named former quarterback Colin Kaepernick its citizen of the
year since becoming a “powerful symbol of activism and resistance”
since he took a knee during the national anthem to protest racial
injustice and police brutality.